
Malcolm Muggeridge (March 24, 1903–November 14, 1990) was a famous United Kingdom journalist, author and media personality. His father, H.T. Muggeridge, was a Labour Party (UK) councillor in Croydon, South London and, for a short time, a Member of Parliament. His mother was Annie Booler. Malcolm attended Selwyn College, Cambridge at Cambridge University, graduating in 1924, and went to India to teach. While still a student he had taught for brief periods in 1920, 1922 and 1924 at the John Ruskin College, Croydon, where his father was Chairman of the Governors. Returning to England in 1927, he married Katherine Dobbs (1903–1994), (also called Kathleen or Kitty) whose mother Rosalind Dobbs was a younger sister of Beatrice Webb. He worked as a supply teacher, before moving to teach in Egypt six months later. Here he also worked as a journalist for the first time. They travelled to Moscow in 1932, where Malcolm was to be a correspondent for the ''Manchester Guardian''; at the time they were sympathetic to Stalin's Soviet regime. Their attitude soon changed. Malcolm investigated at first hand reports of the famine in Ukraine, travelling there and to the Caucasus. Reports he sent back to the Guardian, evading censorship, were not fully printed; furthermore, contradictory stories were being written by Walter Duranty. Having come into conflict with the paper's editorial policy, Muggeridge lost his job. He then wrote a novel ''Winter In Moscow'' (1934), satirzing Western journalists uncritical of the Stalin regime, and began a writing partnership with Hugh Kingsmill. Muggeridge's politics changed as he moved from a socialist, possibly fellow-travelling position, to a right-wing stance that was no less destructive in its criticism, as it was hard to locate in party-political terms. He worked on other papers, including the ''Calcutta Statesman'', ''Evening Standard'', and ''Daily Telegraph''. He was editor of Punch magazine from 1953 to 1957, a challenging appointment for one who claimed to have no sense of humour. He also became a popular BBC correspondent and interviewer (and also a figure of fun). Muggeridge was also the "discoverer" of Mother Teresa, whom he first met in London in 1968. He told the world about her deeds through a book called ''Something Beautiful for God''. He was well-known for his wit and profound writings ("Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream"). He wrote a two volume autobiography called ''Chronicles of Wasted Time''. In ''[http://www.bruderhof.com/e-books/ThirdTestament.htm A Third Testament]'', he profiles seven spiritual thinkers who influenced his life: Augustine of Hippo, William Blake, Blaise Pascal, Leo Tolstoy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Søren Kierkegaard, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Having been a high-profile agnostic for most of his life, he converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of 79. ==See also== *UK topics 1903 births 1990 deaths British journalists Croydon
If someone decides to revert the wiki back so that passage titled ''Trivia'' shows up again, please add more to give it context and/or make it relevant to the rest of the wiki. --User:David3565 08:34, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC) The following is taken from a separate article titled Muggeridge, which I've changed to a redirect. If anyone wishes to merge this with the current article, it's all yours. User:Lee M 19:36, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC) Muggeridge, Malcolm (1903-1990). British writer and television personality. Known for his acerbic wit and skeptical mind, Muggeridge first made a name for his critical reports of Stalin's collectivization program in the early 1930s. His observations of both the ruthlessness of the regime and the gullibility of Stalin's foreign admirers became the theme of his first novel ''Winter in Moscow'' (1933). After World War II, Muggeridge endured a stormy tenure as the editor of ''Punch'' but seemed to find his calling as later in the 1950s as a television interviewer. In the 1960s, Muggeridge turned from his agnostic leanings and embraced Christianity, reflected in such works as ''Jesus Rediscovered'' (1969). In 1982, he and his wife Kitty formally joined the Roman Catholic church. - In Stuart Christie's "Granny Made Me An Anarchist", he refers to Muggeridge's sympathy for anarchism (in the early sixties) and the opprobrium Muggeridge recieved after he criticised the Royal Family. Is this worth adding (if correct)?
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Malcolm Muggeridge (March 24, 1903–November 14, 1990) was a famous United Kingdom journalist, author and media personality. His father, H.T. Muggeridge, was a Labour Party (UK) councillor in Croydon, South London and, for a short time, a Member of Parliament. His mother was Annie Booler. Malcolm attended Selwyn College, Cambridge at Cambridge University, graduating in 1924, and went to India to teach. While still a student he had taught for brief periods in 1920, 1922 and 1924 at the John Ruskin College, Croydon, where his father was Chairman of the Governors. Returning to England in 1927, he married Katherine Dobbs (1903–1994), (also called Kathleen or Kitty) whose mother Rosalind Dobbs was a younger sister of Beatrice Webb. He worked as a supply teacher, before moving to teach in Egypt six months later. Here he also worked as a journalist for the first time. They travelled to Moscow in 1932, where Malcolm was to be a correspondent for the ''Manchester Guardian''; at the time they were sympathetic to Stalin's Soviet regime. Their attitude soon changed. Malcolm investigated at first hand reports of the famine in Ukraine, travelling there and to the Caucasus. Reports he sent back to the Guardian, evading censorship, were not fully printed; furthermore, contradictory stories were being written by Walter Duranty. Having come into conflict with the paper's editorial policy, Muggeridge lost his job. He then wrote a novel ''Winter In Moscow'' (1934), satirzing Western journalists uncritical of the Stalin regime, and began a writing partnership with Hugh Kingsmill. Muggeridge's politics changed as he moved from a socialist, possibly fellow-travelling position, to a right-wing stance that was no less destructive in its criticism, as it was hard to locate in party-political terms. He worked on other papers, including the ''Calcutta Statesman'', ''Evening Standard'', and ''Daily Telegraph''. He was editor of Punch magazine from 1953 to 1957, a challenging appointment for one who claimed to have no sense of humour. He also became a popular BBC correspondent and interviewer (and also a figure of fun). Muggeridge was also the "discoverer" of Mother Teresa, whom he first met in London in 1968. He told the world about her deeds through a book called ''Something Beautiful for God''. He was well-known for his wit and profound writings ("Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream"). He wrote a two volume autobiography called ''Chronicles of Wasted Time''. In ''[http://www.bruderhof.com/e-books/ThirdTestament.htm A Third Testament]'', he profiles seven spiritual thinkers who influenced his life: Augustine of Hippo, William Blake, Blaise Pascal, Leo Tolstoy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Søren Kierkegaard, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Having been a high-profile agnostic for most of his life, he converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of 79. ==See also== *UK topics 1903 births 1990 deaths British journalists Croydon
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If someone decides to revert the wiki back so that passage titled ''Trivia'' shows up again, please add more to give it context and/or make it relevant to the rest of the wiki. --User:David3565 08:34, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC) The following is taken from a separate article titled Muggeridge, which I've changed to a redirect. If anyone wishes to merge this with the current article, it's all yours. User:Lee M 19:36, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC) Muggeridge, Malcolm (1903-1990). British writer and television personality. Known for his acerbic wit and skeptical mind, Muggeridge first made a name for his critical reports of Stalin's collectivization program in the early 1930s. His observations of both the ruthlessness of the regime and the gullibility of Stalin's foreign admirers became the theme of his first novel ''Winter in Moscow'' (1933). After World War II, Muggeridge endured a stormy tenure as the editor of ''Punch'' but seemed to find his calling as later in the 1950s as a television interviewer. In the 1960s, Muggeridge turned from his agnostic leanings and embraced Christianity, reflected in such works as ''Jesus Rediscovered'' (1969). In 1982, he and his wife Kitty formally joined the Roman Catholic church. - In Stuart Christie's "Granny Made Me An Anarchist", he refers to Muggeridge's sympathy for anarchism (in the early sixties) and the opprobrium Muggeridge recieved after he criticised the Royal Family. Is this worth adding (if correct)?
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